In order to confirm the virus's involvement in the cancer, the research team
compared tumour tissues with normal tissues.
Not exact matches
Liposomes, < 200 nm phospholipid vesicles, are longer retained in blood circulation and accumulate at pathological sites (
tumours or inflamed
tissues), leading to higher efficacy and lower systemic toxicity
compared to the free drugs they encapsulate.
The RTK profile of any
tumour can be
compared with that of healthy
tissue from the same organ and treatment could be tailored accordingly.
These samples are then transferred to a mass spectrometer, which
compares the combination of biomolecules with reference data collected from
tumours and healthy
tissue.
By
comparing the epigenetic profiles of gastric
tumours to normal
tissues from the same patient, we were able to identify those promoters specifically altered in GC
tissues.»